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Franc Robert’s “Why Do I Never Win” is a wild mix of rockin’ delta blues-influenced music, with a little intricate finger picking mixed in for good measure!

Recent Grammy nominee and New Orleans native Troy Andrews, better known as Trombone Shorty, has been exploding in popularity. His album Backatown is a rockin’, funky, horn-heavy good time.

Tab Benoit, one of the blues’ most successful artists in decades, is set to release his latest studio album, and it may well be his best to date.

Big Joe and the Dynaflows new album “You Can’t Keep A Big Man Down” is a jumping blues anthem with unique flavors of classic R&B, swing, wicked drumming, power guitar, and heavy horns!

The title of Johnny Rawls’ new CD “Memphis Still Got Soul” is as descriptive as an album title can get. Johnny’s perfect soul voice, horn section, B3, and sultry female backup singers are the perfect soul music combination.

Marcia Ball is a force of New Orleans piano playing & a Texas roadhouse fireball! Her new album “Roadside Attractions” from Alligator Records is a pumped-up, gulf coast piano force to be reckoned with!

Rory Block is set to release her new album, a tribute to Mississippi Fred McDowell, on Tuesday. Fans of Rory and country blues will be thrilled to have her latest album, which is packed with extras.

Big Head Todd and the Monsters have assembled a wild all-star team of bluesmen to bring a unique and rockin’ version of Robert Johnson cover songs in celebration of the legend’s centennial birthday.

Blues-rock giant Joe Bonamassa is set to release his 12th full length solo album “Dust Bowl” on March 22nd. The album breaks all the rules of genre, which is everything Joe’s fans have come to expect!

James Kinds, the tried-and-true working bluesman, has recently released Love You From The Top, a righteously soulful album packed with West Side Chicago sound.